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Takket

(21,529 posts)
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:16 PM May 2017

Impeach Maxine Waters is trending on twitter

The Russia/alt-right alliance is getting nervous. Taking down a president candidate makes sense (Clinton) but if they are so scared that they are down to attacking individual Congresspersons, they must know the end is near. Nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal.

The non-descript Twitter accounts pushing this new "Sharia Law" theory to try and terrify Trumpettes to turn their hatred on Waters just screams of Russian Trolling............. Here's a few gems. Tell me you don't think these are Russians!










The good news is once you weed through the Russian trolls the vast majority of people posting to the topic actually SUPPORT Waters and are calling out the bullshit.
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Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
2. Well, to be fair, Rep. Waters IS always advocating policies that include the murdering of gay
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:32 PM
May 2017

people, and she endlessly demands that women should submit to abuse, so, hey

athena

(4,187 posts)
4. I think this was meant to be sarcasm?
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:41 PM
May 2017

If so, you should put in the sarcasm icon. Your post was alerted, and I voted to hide it because I didn't realize by reading your post that it was meant to be sarcastic.

FWIW, here is her voting record, which is excellent:
http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Maxine_Waters.htm#Civil_Rights

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
8. Oh good gawd, yes, sarc!! I am new at the smiley thing, could not find the sarc, so
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:51 PM
May 2017

attached wicked devil face instead

Wow, how anyone on this board could take my bit of snark seriously is uhhhhh really kinda disheartening - "oh well"

marybourg

(12,600 posts)
11. It's on the second page of smilies,
Sun May 14, 2017, 02:37 PM
May 2017

which you reach by tapping the 3 dots at the end of the first page.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
12. Thank you, Maryb! I went asearchin and pushed the 3 dot thingie and found that sarc
Sun May 14, 2017, 02:44 PM
May 2017

gizmo, a bit ago by cracky! - appreciate your reply!

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
14. The easy way is to simply type : on either side of the word "sarcasm"
Sun May 14, 2017, 03:37 PM
May 2017

That is quicker than hunting for the smilie.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
17. Thanks, ziggy! I knew I could type out sarc but wanted to employ my first smilie thingie
Sun May 14, 2017, 03:58 PM
May 2017

instead...well, I have lived and learned today, at any rate - merci!

LenaBaby61

(6,973 posts)
3. So, some pro-ruskie TROLLS are ....
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:37 PM
May 2017
Scared of Auntie Maxine ....




Maxine says ....

"I am a strong black woman. I cannot be intimidated."






duncang

(1,907 posts)
10. 18.1 k tweets. The bots are coming out.
Sun May 14, 2017, 02:14 PM
May 2017

It's showing up in the trends column on the left of my twitter feed. But it also is being amplified by people repeating it in Maxine's defense.

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
7. Since when did Rep. Waters switch to the republiCon Party???
Sun May 14, 2017, 01:48 PM
May 2017

Because last time I checked the republiCons were for the murder of gays, submission and abuse of women. And a VERY long list of other infringements on our liberties and freedom!!!

What a bunch of gas nozzles

dawg

(10,621 posts)
16. I'll never understand why those idiots are so terrified of Sharia Law.
Sun May 14, 2017, 03:42 PM
May 2017

If it ever really got imposed on the U.S., they would absolutely adore it.

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